Frequency of Red cell alloimmunization in patients with β-major thalassemia in an Iranian referral hospital

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-153

  Shamsian, Bibi Shahin ^a   Arzanian, Mohammad Taghi ^b   Shamshiri, Ahmad Reza ^b   Alavi, Samin ^a   Khojasteh, Omid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alloimmunization; Splenectomy; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLOIMMUNITY; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 46249132915     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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